Michael Colin Foul ( born Colin Michael Foale ) is an Anglo - American [1] astronaut- researcher from NASA who made 6 space missions with a total duration of 373 days 18 hours 22 minutes 51 seconds .
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| A country |  Great Britain  USA | |||||||||
| Specialty | astrophysicist test pilot | |||||||||
| Expeditions | STS-45 STS-56 STS-63 STS-84 - STS-86 STS-103 Soyuz TMA-3 ( MKS-8 ) | |||||||||
| Date of Birth | January 6, 1957 (62 years) | |||||||||
| Place of Birth | Louth, Lincolnshire , England , UK | |||||||||
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Biography
Michael Foul was born on January 6, 1957 in the city of Louth ( English Louth ) of the county of Lincolnshire ( England ). When Foule was a child, the family moved to Cambridge , where he grew up. In 1975, after graduating from in Canterbury , Michael entered Queens College , University of Cambridge . And in 1978 , after graduating from college, he received a bachelor 's degree in astrophysics .
In 1982, Foul graduated from a doctoral program at Cambridge University and received a Ph.D. ( Eng. Ph. D. - Ph.D. ) in astrophysics. After that, Foule moved to Houston ( USA ), where he began working in the aircraft manufacturer McDonnell Douglas . One year later, Foul works at NASA , at the Space Center (KC) named after Lyndon Johnson .
Jobs at NASA
In 1983, Michael Foul took part in the 10th NASA astronaut recruitment, and since February 12, 1984, among 128 recruitment finalists, he was sent for an examination and interview in Houston , but was not enrolled.
In August 1987, Foul was enlisted in the astronaut squad of the 12th set, as a flight specialist. In August 1988 , after completing the full course of space training (GST), Michael was qualified as a flight specialist and assigned to the NASA Astronaut Department, where he checked and tested onboard shuttle software at the flying laboratory of onboard shuttle electronic equipment. Later, Foul was engaged in the development of complex rescue operations for the crew of the International Space Station .
Spaceflight
| Emblem | Start | Landing | Total duration | ||||
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| First flight: flight specialist Atlantis STS-45 | |||||||
| March 24 1992 | April 2 1992 | 8 days 22 hours 10 minutes 24 seconds | |||||
| Second flight: flight specialist on the Shuttle Discovery STS-56 | |||||||
| April 8 1993 | April 17 1993 | 9 days 6 hours 9 minutes 22 seconds | |||||
| Third flight: Flight Specialist on Discovery Shuttle STS-63 | |||||||
| February 3rd 1995 | One spacewalk ( February 9 ), 4 hours 39 minutes | 11 February 1995 | 8 days 6 hours 29 minutes 36 seconds | ||||
| Fourth flight: flight engineer -2 23-24 expeditions to the Mir OS ( Atlantis STS-84 - Atlantis STS-86 ) | |||||||
| May 15 1997 ( STS-84 ) | One spacewalk ( September 6 ), 6 hours 00 minutes. For this flight, Michael was awarded the Gold Medal to them. Yu. A. Gagarin [2] . | October 6 1997 ( STS-86 ) | 144 days 13 hours 48 minutes 43 seconds | ||||
| Fifth Flight: Flight Specialist on Discovery Shuttle STS-103 | |||||||
| December 20 1999 | One spacewalk ( December 23 ), 8 hours and 10 minutes | December 28th 1999 | 7 days 23 hours 11 minutes 34 seconds | ||||
| Sixth flight: crew commander of the 8th ISS long-term crew and flight engineer Soyuz TMA-3 | |||||||
| October 18 2003 ( Union TMA-3 ) | One spacewalk ( February 26 ), 3 hours 55 minutes | April 30 2004 ( Union TMA-3 ) | 194 days 18 hours 33 minutes 12 seconds | ||||
Awards
- The Order of Friendship ( April 10, 1998 , Russia ) - for its great contribution to the development of Russian-American cooperation in the field of space research [3] .
- Medal "For merits in space exploration" ( April 12, 2011 , Russia ) - for a great contribution to the development of international cooperation in the field of manned cosmonautics [4] .
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 2005 [5] .
Personal life
Michael is married, they have two children. She lives with her family in a suburb of Houston , Texas. He enjoys windsurfing , gliding , skiing, fluent in Russian . Radio amateur with the call sign KB5UAC [6] .
In his free time, Foul also worked with the International Space Education Foundation (ISSET) ( English International Space School Educational Trust ), was a resident astronaut during many programs “ }}”, which is managed by ISSET. In these programs, Michael shared his experience of being in space with adolescents, while at the same time helping them learn new skills [7] .
Notes
- ↑ Michael Foul holds US citizenship and is a subject of Great Britain.
- ↑ The Yuri A. Gagarin Gold Medal. Archival copy of October 13, 2007 on Wayback Machine (eng.)
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of April 10, 1998 No. 371 “On awarding the Order of Friendship to Wolf D. and M. Foel” . Kremlin.ru . The appeal date is May 5, 2019.
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of April 12, 2011 No. 437 "On awarding the medal" For merits in the exploration of space "foreign citizens" (PDF). Kremlin.ru . The appeal date is April 20, 2019.
- ↑ British-born astronaut given CBE (English) . BBC (December 31, 2004). The appeal date is May 5, 2019.
- ↑ Amateur Radio Aboard the International Space Station (ARISS) (English) . spacetoday.org. The appeal date is April 24, 2019.
- ↑ Ayrshire to host out of this world opportunity . . The appeal date is May 5, 2019. Archived December 1, 2016.
Links
- Astronaut Biography: Michael Foale (English) . spacefacts.de. The appeal date is April 24, 2019.
- Astronaut Bio: C. Michael Foale (eng.) . jsc.nasa.gov. The appeal date is April 24, 2019. Archived February 8, 2017.
- Colin Michael Foul . Space Encyclopedia . The appeal date is December 25, 2009. Archived April 13, 2012.
- C. Michael Foale Oral History (English) . historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov. The appeal date is April 24, 2019.